Future's bright for students.

STUDENTS had plenty to celebrate at Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College in Bulkington Road, Bedworth, which had a pass rate of 92 per cent and 20 per cent of pupils scoring As and Bs.

Head Nick Smallman said: "Everyone has worked unstintingly to achieve these excellent results. Our priority here at Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College is to work together to ensure our students achieve well in their studies and these results demonstrate our success in this.

"We are delighted for the students and wish them every success in their future lives. They have been fantastic students and superb role models for our younger children."

Some top performers are Jillian Brindley with an A and three Bs, Sophie Hanson with an A, a B and two Cs, Andrew Gott with an A, B, C and D and Aaron Kalair and Ivana Terzic, both with an A and two Bs.

THE region's main fee-paying schools also notched up impressive results.

Three pupils at the fee paying selective Bablake School in Coventry have five As at A-level.

They are Ira Kleine, Tom Hine and Victoria Martin. Ira will study medicine at Cambridge, Tom medicine at Oxford and Victoria natural sciences at Birmingham. Another 14 pupils have four As and another 33 have three As.

There are 80 per cent of all A-levels taken by pupils with A and B grades, 53 per cent with A grades and 96 per cent at A, B or C. Head of the school in Coundon Road, Radford, Coventry, John Watson said: "We are delighted that our pupils have again achieved the results to enable them to fulfil their dreams. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with such a splendid bunch of people who have not only achieved excellent results but will go on to make a generous contribution to society. We wish them both happiness and success."

Head of sixth form James Burns said: "At first glance almost 100 pupils will be heading to their first choice university which is excellent news bearing in mind the concerns over the fight for places in clearing."

At King Henry VIII School teachers and pupils are celebrating another year with a 100 per cent A-level pass rate.

The percentage of As is 45 and the percentage of As and Bs is 75. There were 11 per cent of pupils with four As and 12 per cent with three As at the fee paying selective school in Warwick Road, Coventry city centre.

Matthew Halliday has four As and a place at Clare College in Cambridge to study maths. Alongside his A-level course he represented Great Britain in orienteering and achieved an associate diploma in the piano from the London College of Music.